Improvement in boot-cleaners



C. H. SOUTHALL'. BOOT-CLEANERS.

No. 190,255. Pal dented May1,1 877.

- NPETFRS, FHOTO-LITHOGFAPNER, WASHINGTON. D c

NITED STATES PATENT QEFGi.

CHARLES H. soUTHALL, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOT-CLEANERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,256, dated May 1, 1877 application filed March 26, 1877. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HENRY SOUTHALL, of Leeds, in the county of York, England, have invented Improvements in Machinery for Brushing and Polishing Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists in so arranging and constructing the machine that when motion is applied to it the boot or shoe is caused to move slowly round, in a peculiar manner, and thereby presents the desired parts to be acted upon by a brush which is caused to move backward and forward with rapidity, the proper pressure being applied by springsor other means, whereby the desired polish is speedily obtained; and in order that my invention may be more completely understood, reference is given to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, an end elevation; and Fig. 3 a part elevation, showing altered position of last for holding the boot or shoe during the brushing or polishing operation. a is theframe for carrying the various motions. b is the horizontal sliding shaft, mounted in bearings at one end of the frame. On one end of thisshaft b is the fork 0, into which I joint, the expanding-last d, which holds the boot or shoe. 0 is the grooved cam, which, as the shaft b turns round, causesit to slide backward and forward, by means of the fixed stud f and roller f. To the arm 9 on the expanding-last d I connect the end of the jointed rod h, and the other end of this rod h I connect to the projection h, cast or otherwise fixed to the boss of the worm-wheel c, through which motion is transmitted to the sliding shaft b and expanding'last d. The result is that when the shaft b and expandinglast d are pushed out as far as it intended, the toe and sole of the boot are drawn to a right angle to the shaft b, as shown at Fig. 3, and

shaft b, every part of the boot or shoe which it is necessary to polish is brought under the action of the brush to.

In order that the boot or shoe may receive the proper amount of brushing, its motion re quires to be slow. To effect this, I employ the large worm-wheel i, and drive it with the worm or screw 70, cut, keyed, or secured by other equivalent known means, on the horizontal shaft 1. (Shown better at Fig. 2.) On one end of this horizontal shaft 1 I key or secure, by other equivalent means, the driving-pulley m and loose pulley n, and on the other end of the horizontal shaft 1 I key or fasten, by other equivalent means, the adjustable crank o with the slot and stud 10, in the usual way, to shorten or lengthen the stroke of the brush u, as may be required.

On the opposite end of the machine, and in suitable bearings q, I place two adjustable screws for carrying the rocking bar 7', and I couple the arm-lever s to the upper end of the rocking bar 1', with the stud 25.

When required, any other equivalent means may be employed for carrying the rocking bar 1", being adjusted by other suitable known means.

On the end of the lever s I place the brush u, and use the screws '27 to alter its position,

when required. To give the required pressure, I use the spring to, or its equivalent, and connect it with the stud :0, which I screw into the lower part of the rocking bar 1'.

The expanding last (1 I make in two pieces, as shown in Figs. land 3, so shaped that they may slide on each other, and the stud 3 onone and a corresponding hole, 2, in the other. On the stud y I cut a number of small ratchetteeth, and arrange a catch, 1, and spring 2 so that the lower end of the catch 1 is always pressing into the ratchet-teeth, and when the last d is expanded, the catch 1 holds the parts asunder. By this means the last is made to fit any sized boot or shoe. I connect the adjustable crank 0 and rocking bar 1' by means of the rod 3 and ball-joint 4 and 5, or by any other equivalent known means.

In order to give more time forthe brush to act upon the waist of the boot or shoe, 1, in

By traversing the rack, the last on whichthe boot or shoeis placed is actuated, giving more time for the brush to operate upon the Waist of the boot or shoe. At the same time,

the boot or shoe is moved round in a similar manner to that .when the large worm-wheel '13 is employed.

I claim as my invention- 1. The sliding shaft 1), in combination with the reVolvingshoe-holder and polishing-brush,

substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a boot or shoe polishing machine, of an expansible last, 01, revolving holder, and polishing-brush, substantially as set forth.

3. In the boot or shoe polishing machine, the combination, with the holder, of the rocking shaft 1', arm 8, brush u, and mechanism for rocking the shaft 1, as set forth.

CHAS. H. SOUTHALL.

Witnesses:

J. W. HARDING, WM. FAIRBURN HART. 

